Kinetic sculptures by Connecticut-based artist David C. Roy.
Each of his wall mounted mechanisms can run for between 5 and 18 hours on a single wind but his latest, Dimensions (above), can trundle on, unassisted, for an impressive 40+ hours.
More of his elegant contraptions here.
A short film directed by Jack Cunningham for the California Inspires Me Project, a collaboration between The California Sunday Magazine & Google Play.
A personal recollection by actress and comic book author Rashida Jones of the fleeting ‘post 60s, pre-paparazzi’ era of Los Angeles.
Corridor Digital’s hands-on guide to the ultimate first person weapons, in ascending order.
An experimental collaboration between thirty artists from London based animation studio Blue Zoo, none of whom knew what the others were doing.
Harbour by Half Of Me
Luke from New York based Irish band Half Of Me writes:
We will be launching our next single ‘Blastoice’ in The Workman’s Club on Fri November 6th. The single was recorded with Dave Prendergast in Clique Recording studios and will be available on iTunes/Spotify. We will also be perfoming at HWCH this year in Bad Bob’s on Thurs Oct 2nd @ 9PM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2t_9xnHKe4
Speirview Ireland writes:
After a recent photoshoot in Glendalough at sunrise, which you can see here, we had some spare time and shot some filler scenes around Glendalough. For fun we added the Jurassic park theme to the video and it turned out way better than we expected. I give you “Glendalough Park”. You can almost see the Dinosaurs!
Long boarder Zak Maytum hurtles down one of the fastest runs in Colorado, reaching speeds of 70mph and risking an instant, full body flaying at any moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdE3ZxVTW_I
Fail Army’s tribute to the dance fail – six minutes of standard frugging interspersed with half a dozen derpful pliés.
An impressive, multi award-winning graduation film by Alexandra Hetmerov in which single mother Medusa struggles to find a boyfriend that her son Minotaur approves of.
A very nicely edited tribute to the filmography of Stanley Kubrick set to Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92: II. Allegretto by Somerset VII. To wit:
“A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.”
Stanley Kubrick
